Marco Marinucci

Great piece by Maja Kutlaca, Helena Radke & Melis Uluğ on moving psychology beyond selective allyship toward consistent global action. Well worth a read. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The effects were the same as when it was a human who was excluded, and between low and high anthropomorphic robots. Interpersonal and intergroup processes apply also to robot outgroups!

Implicit anthropomorphism processes make participants attribute negative mental states to the excluded robot; ostracism detection system makes them "feel" the ostracism; moral and group processes lead to a negative evaluation of the human excluders and to perceive the group as less entitative.

Do you care if a robot is left aside? Apparently, you do. In our latest research with three preregistered studies we found that people experienced negative emotions when observing a robot being excluded

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We found that experiencing social exclusion was a key process conveying the effects on attitudes and prosocial intentions. Also, the effects were stronger when homelessness was experienced through a 360° video in 3D-VR compared to the same video watched on a 2D screen

Homelessness in Virtual Reality: Experiencing Social Exclusion Improves Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Unhoused People | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking Virtual reality (VR) interventions are receiving increasing attention from research seeking to promote harmonious intergroup relations. Despite this, the effectiveness of VR methods and the underlying mechanisms for enhancing intergroup relations yield mixed findings. The current research examined if a 360° immersive video where participants embodied an unhoused person could improve attitudes and behavioral intentions toward unhoused people by making participants experience social exclusion and its psychological repercussions. The study (N = 210) adopted a 2 × 2 between-subject design where participants were assigned to embody an unhoused or housed person either watching the video in VR (in 3D using head-mounted devices) or in 2D (on a monitor). The study included a followup after 9 days. Results revealed that embodying the unhoused person (vs. housed control) led to increased experiences of social exclusion, need-threat, and negative emotions. These experiences, in turn, were associated with reduced negative attitudes toward unhoused individuals and heightened intentions to engage in charitable behaviors. Notably, the effects on attitudes and behavioral intentions persisted at the followup, with a stronger impact observed for participants who embodied the unhoused person in 3D compared to 2D. The findings suggest that tailoring VR video interventions to elicit social exclusion by embodying the perspective of marginalized social groups can enhance intergroup attitudes and intentions over time. Overall, this research underscores the prominence of VR-based interventions in improving intergroup harmony compared to less-immersive paradigms.

In our new research we found that experiencing homelessness in VR can lead to improved attitudes and behavioral intentions toward homeless people, lasting up to a follow-up after ten days

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Chronic Social Exclusion, Radicalization, and Extremism (Chapter 12) - Exclusion and Extremism Exclusion and Extremism - May 2024

Marco Marinucci and Paolo Riva’s chapter “Chronic Social Exclusion, Radicalization, and Extremism” in the new book "Exclusion and Extremism: a Psychological Perspective," edited by Michaela Pfundmair, Andrew Hales, and Kip Williams

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